Limaj et al.

Fatmir Limaj and Isak Musliu were acquitted of the charges relating to the crimes in the Lapusnik camp and the Berisa mountains because of problematic identification of the accused and failure to define the KLA command structure. The Trial Chamber found on the basis of evidence they had heard that there was a "strong possibility" that Limaj had participated in the crimes, but that it had not been proved "beyond reasonable doubt"

The prosecution failed to prove that Fatmir Limaj and Isak Musliu had command or any other role in the KLA camp in Lapusnik and the crimes committed there in the summer of 1998. Camp guard Haradin Bala was found guilty of cruel treatment, torture and murder of 9 detainees on the Berisa mountain. He was then sentenced to 13 years in prison

The defense counsel for Fatmir Limaj, Haradin Bala and Isak Musliu consider that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the responsibility of their clients and sought their acquittal. The prosecution, however, recommends 20 years for Limaj, 18 for Bala and 15 for Musliu

The prosecutor asked for 20 years in prison for the first accused Fatmir Limaj, 18 years for Haradin Bala and 15 years for Isak Musliu, noting in his closing argument that in most national jurisdictions the accused charged with such crimes would be jailed for life

Prosecution closes at the trial of Fatmir Limaj, Isak Musliu and Haradin Bala, former KLA members charged with crimes against Albanian and Serbian civilians in the Lapusnik camp. The prosecution contends that the guilt of the accused has been proven beyond reasonable doubt

Through the report and testimony of the Dutch identification expert, the defense of the former KLA members tries to challenge the validity of the identification of the three accused by former detainees in the Lapusnik camp

Defense witnesses claim the accused Haradin Bala was not at the scene of the crime at the time when the detainees from Lapusnik were executed and that he was not physically able to commit the crime because of his heart problems

Haradin Bala says he does not believe any member of his people would do the things he, Fatmir Limaj and Isak Musliu have been accused of. His defense counsel indicates he intends to prove Bala had alibi for the crimes and could not have committed them because of his ill health

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